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Toothpaste for Dinner identifies the first application of large-scale quantum teleportation.
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"Take Bigfoot. You only ever see him in campgrounds and parks: he's clearly on vacation."
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"Research suggests that stretching does not affect soreness or risk of injury during exercise." I love studies that support my lazy bad habits.
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" In a series of experiments, hundreds of students could not bear to let their options vanish, even though it was obviously a dumb strategy"
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Expect your insurance rates to increase soon.
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"Essayists look at questions such as "How should you deal with strategic cheaters in pickup basketball?" and "Why does a player shoot well in warm-ups but struggle during live action?""
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